Re: itty-bitty XP install

Hey @$$, I wasn't blasting you, just the idea of that program, when there is
something better out there and giving others options.

BTW---4MB + 1 MB = 5 MB in my book which is still larger than 1 MB, and most
people would go to windows update and get the 20 MB vers ion of .NET, the
worst bloated and slow code put out yet.

If someone needs a program to trim their XP install because they don't know
how to turn off services and what not, they certainly arn't going to do
anything harder than going to windows update to get .NET.

In any case, its 5MB is still more bloated than the other option. And since
we're taking about saving space, it all adds up. I wouldn't want any
remnants of .NET on my machine at all, it's a freaking waste of bits.

Finally, my examples were real world examples on a machine I could still
download stuff on and surf. Like I said, I could get it much smaller with
XPLite.


"Deadly_Dad" <XXXspamtrap007@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> ANonEbaySeller wrote:
>>
>>>If you want Windows for your MAMEcab, but don't want all the bulk, check
>>>it out: http://www.nliteos.com/nlite.html
>>
>> Funny, it needs you to install a 20 MB .NET install so it can "trim down"
>> your Windows install. Now THATS funny!
>
> .....or just install the 4MB of alternate runtimes.....
>
>> Why don't you go with the current gold standard? XPLite.
>
> Perhaps because it /requires/ gold? $39.95+s&h+taxes to be exact.
>
>> It's a 900K executable.
>
> ....and nLite outweighs it by a whopping 227KB. Woo-flipping-hoo!
>
>> It lets you shrink a full XP install down to as little as 450 MB and 50
>> MB desktop footprint (vs 1.2 GB and 85 MB desktop). Even less if you
>> remove IE.
>
> "less than 300MB drive space for XP and less than 200MB for Win2k (with
> Documents & settings, without pagefile.sys)"
> .....and your point is?
>
> Next time, do your homework; 'It is better to save to your drafts folder
> and be thought a fool than to hit send and remove all doubt.'
>
> --
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